Altered Frame

Hello all!  I hope you are all having a wonderful Tuesday!  Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous for Missouri in January.  As for today, winter is officially back.  I have an altered frame to share with you today. This is my first attempt and I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  A good friend of mine is pregnant with baby number two and I wanted to make them something for the nursery.  I bought this frame at Michaels and now wish I had taken a picture of it before.  This particular frame worked out nicely as it fits a 12 x 12 sheet of paper perfectly.  I first took the glass out of the frame and in pencil I traced around the 5 x 7 rectangle for the picture.  Once the picture portion was traced, I cut it out and attached the paper to the frame with Modge Podge.  I let the frame sit over night and then added the other images to the frame with Modge Podge.  As for the images, I used the following cartridges;  Create a Critter, Baby Steps and Pooh and Friends.  It is kind of hard to tell from the picture but I clear embossed swirls on the clouds to give them some extra depth.  I also inked all the edges with Tea Dye distress ink.  Once the frame was completed I sprayed it with Krylon's Matte Finishing Spray which I found at Wal-Mart.

Celebrate the Occasion: Challenge #46

PCW: Frame Challenge

Items Used:

Create a Critter (clouds). Pooh and Friends (stars), Baby Steps (sleeping baby. moon, cloud) Cricut Cartridges

Tea Dye Distress Ink

Pink By Design: Swirl Curls and Baby Love

My Creative Time: Whimsical Calendar Days and XL Label Die

Peachy Keen Stamps: January Stamp of the Month

Ribbon from my stash

Modge Podge

Krylon Clear Matte Finishing Spray

Chalk

White Gellyroll pen

Heat Gun

Embossing Ink

Clear embossing powder

Hot Glue

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Glass Etching

It's Friday!  I so excited the weekend is here!  It has been a crazy week with grad school applications due soon and the holidays coming up.  I have a couple projects to share with you today.  I wanted to make a couple of gifts for people on my list this year.  I have always wanted to try glass etching so yesterday I did.  It is so easy and the finished product is so neat.  You will need glass, gloves, Armor Etch, a paintbrush, and a stencil or vinyl image.  I cut the images out on vinyl with my Cricut and then applied the image to the glass.  I did not use transfer tape but just peeled the vinyl form the sheet and adhered it to the glass.  I then took the etching cream and applied to the entire glass (the glass will be frosted wherever the etching cream is applied).  Let the glass sit for five minutes and then clean the glass with warm water.  Discard the vinyl and admire your finished product.  So easy!   I made a couple of these.  All of the supplies I bought at Hobby Lobby.  This first one is for my husband's grandma for Christmas.  She loves snowmen.  The image came from A Child's First Year.  The glass I bought has an opening in the bottom and a light fits perfectly.  I added some ribbon to the top and called it done!  Here is the finished product:

This next one I made for my neighbors.  They are always looking out for us and love MU football.  The football came from Life's A Party and I used the font from Birthday Bash.

Cardz TV: Challenge #2 - Crafty Christmas

Celebrate the Occasion: Challenge #42

Getting Cricky: Joys of the Season

Items Used:

Armor Etch

Gloves

Vinyl

Lightbulb

Stand

Glass Block

Life's A Party, Birthday Bash, and A Child's First Year Cricut Cartridges

Ribbon

These are such simple gifts to make and I think I am addicted!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

My First Home Decor Project

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend, mine was good but super busy.  I almost needed another day to just recuperate.  My sister is getting married this fall and her bridal shower is Sunday.  I wanted to give her and her fiance something a little more personal than a typical shower gift.  I took some of their engagement photos and made the following project:

 I am so happy with the way it turned out.  Here is what I did.  I used tea dye distress ink to darken the paper a bit before I put it on my mat.  I went through the cartridges I had looking for flower cuts that would be easily layered to create a 3-D effect.  The images I used came from Calligraphy, Forever Young, Gypsy Wanderings, and Walk in My Garden.  Once I found the flowers, I cut images starting at 2" and decreasing in 0.25 increments until I reached 0.5".  Here are my cut outs:

 I then proceeded to layer the flowers so it looked like this:

I found that I had so many cuts, I did not need to add more dimension to the flowers so I used glue and not pop dots to hold them together. After that, I proceeded to put things where I wanted and then inserted the page into the frame.  Here are a few close ups.

I hope you enjoyed my first home decor project.  Have a good week!